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|accepted_name=Erpodium
|accepted_authority=(Bridel) Bridel in H. G. L. Reichenbach
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=in H. G. L. Reichenbach, Consp. Regn. Veg.,
|place=32. 1828 ,
}}
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Anoectangium subg. Erpodium
|authority=Bridel
|rank=subgenus
|publication_title=Bryol. Univ.
|publication_place=2: 167. 1827
}}
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Erpodiaceae;Erpodium
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Erpodiaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Erpodium]]</div></div>
|etymology=Greek erpo, creeping, alluding to growth habit
|volume=Volume 27
|mention_page=page 470, 472
|treatment_page=page 471
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--><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="whole_organism reflectance;whole_organism reflectance;whole_organism coloration;whole_organism growth form"><b>Plants </b>dull or shiny, light to dark green.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="leaf architecture;leaf arrangement;leaf orientation;leaf orientation;leaf shape;leaf orientation;leaf shape;leaf architecture or shape;leaf shape;leaf shape;leaf shape;leaf shape;leaf shape;leaf shape;leaf shape"><b>Leaves </b>± monomorphic, spirally arranged, appressed or spreading and complanate when dry, spreading and often complanate when wet, bilaterally symmetric to asymmetric, ovate, elliptic, or lanceolate, rounded to obtuse, or acute, acuminate to subulate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="laminal cell architecture or pubescence or relief;laminal cell architecture or pubescence or relief;distal cell shape;proximal cell shape;marginal row quantity">laminal cells smooth or pluripapillose, distal cells rhombic to hexagonal, proximal cells oblate-oblong in several marginal rows.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="perichaetial leaf size;perichaetial leaf size;perichaetial leaf architecture or shape"><b>Perichaetial </b>leaves enlarged or not, sheathing.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="seta height or length or size;seta course"><b>Seta </b>short, usually straight.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="capsule prominence;capsule position;stoma quantity"><b>Capsule </b>immersed to shortly exserted, stomata few;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="annulus quantity">annulus none to broad and persistent;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="peristome presence">peristome absent (or present);</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="operculum shape">operculum usually rostrate.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="calyptra shape;calyptra shape;calyptra architecture or arrangement or shape or vernation"><b>Calyptra </b>mitrate, lobed at base, ± plicate.</span><!--

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|distribution=North America;Mexico;West Indies;Central America;South America;Africa;Australia
|discussion=<p>Species 17–24 (2 in the flora).</p>
|tables=
|references=
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==Key==
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{| class="wikitable fna-keytable"
|-id=key-0-1
|1
|Leaves hyaline-subulate; laminal cells smooth.
|[[Erpodium acrifolium|Erpodium acrifolium]]
|-id=key-0-1
|1
|Leaves obtuse to rounded; laminal cells pluripapillose.
|[[Erpodium domingense|Erpodium domingense]]
|}
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Erpodium
|authority=(Bridel) Bridel in H. G. L. Reichenbach
|rank=genus
|parent rank=family
|synonyms=
|basionyms=Anoectangium subg. Erpodium
|family=Erpodiaceae
|distribution=North America;Mexico;West Indies;Central America;South America;Africa;Australia
|reference=None
|publication title=in H. G. L. Reichenbach, Consp. Regn. Veg.,
|publication year=
|special status=
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|genus=Erpodium
|annulus quantity=0
|calyptra architecture or arrangement or shape or vernation=plicate
|calyptra shape=lobed;mitrate
|capsule position=exserted
|capsule prominence=immersed
|distal cell shape=rhombic;hexagonal
|laminal cell architecture or pubescence or relief=pluripapillose;smooth
|leaf architecture=monomorphic
|leaf architecture or shape=symmetric
|leaf arrangement=arranged
|leaf orientation=spreading;spreading;appressed
|leaf shape=lanceolate rounded;obtuse or acute acuminate
|marginal row quantity=several
|operculum shape=rostrate
|perichaetial leaf architecture or shape=sheathing
|perichaetial leaf size=not;enlarged
|peristome presence=absent
|proximal cell shape=oblate-oblong
|seta course=straight
|seta height or length or size=short
|stoma quantity=few
|whole_organism coloration=light;dark green
|whole_organism growth form=plant
|whole_organism reflectance=shiny;dull
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